Filler and gauge for humidifying pans



Jan. s, 1929. 1,698,632

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Patented Jan. 8, 1929.

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FILLER AND GAUGE FOR HUIVIDIFYNG FANS.

Application led September 17, 1927. Serial No. 220,215.

This invention relates to aiiller and gauge for a humidifying-pan and it consists in the novel features hereinafter described and claimed.

An object of the invention is to provide a device of the character stated especially adapted to be used in conjunction with the cabinet of a radiator. The pan is used for holding a body of water and is provi-ded at one end with an extension which is less in depth than the body of the pan and less in transverse breadth. The upper edges of the body and extension are flush and the extension is adapted to protrude through a side of the cabinet and is provided with a handle adapted to be used for moving the pan so that the extension may be dispose-d beyond the side of the cabinet and the pan may be refilled with water by pouring the same into the extension. Brackets are provided for supporting the pan in the cabinet so that it may slide therein. The pan with the neck extension is provided with a drawer stop and handle in one piece. To refill the pan, the drawer is plled out and water is poured into the extension until' it shows therein. The extension thus serves as a gauge. lhen the water is visible in the neck extension, it is evident that the water pan is supplied with a sufficient quantity of water. YWhen the neck is dry, this indicates that the water in the pan has evaporated and should be replenished in order to provide the necessary moisture for the room.

In the drawings A. I Figure l` is a top plan view of a cabinet with parts removed showing the filler pan applied;

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view Figure 3 is a' transverse view thereof; Figure l is a. perspective view of the pan -detached v Figure 5 is a fragmentary perspective view of a guide member used in the structure.

The structure includes a pan body l of sheet metal having its upper edges turned in, forming anges 2. A neck extension 3 is provi-ded at one end of the pan body. The neck extension is formed from sheet metal and is less in depth than the depth of the pan body and less in transverse breadth. The

upper edges of the pan body an-d the neck extension are flush with each other. The outer end of the neck extension 3 is closed by a plate lwhich forms a drawer stop and which is provided with a handle flange 5. The side of t-he cabinet is provided witha recess 6 which slidably receives the neck eX- tension 3. Bracket members 7 are disposed transversely across the cabinet and secured to the sides thereof by means of hooks 8 formed at the ends of the said bracket members. The bracket members are provided at their intermediate portions with depressions 9 which receive t-he pan bodyl.

It is apparent that by grasping the handle flange 5, the pan body and the extension thereof may be moved with relation to the cabinet, so that the neck extension 3 is the drawer plate l comes in contact with the f side of the cabinet and closes the recess 6.

`dlt/*hen the extension is moved out from under the cover of the cabinet and no water is seen upon the bottom of the extension, this is a signal that the pan should be resupplied with water.

claim l. In combination with a supporting frame having an opening in one side wall, bracketsV disposed transversely of the frame, the ends of the bracket extending horizontally on a level above the middle port-ion of the bracket and engaging the frame, a pan body less in width than the frame and slidably supported in the -depressed middle portions of the brackets, said pan body having at oneen-d a neck portion narrower than the body of the pan and less in depth than the pan and eX- tending out through said opening.- l

2. A casing for radiators comprising a supporting frame,'a casing having a front and a back, the front and back having apertures, f

pan supports extending-from front to rear of the easing, eaeh pan support being formed with singularly disposed lugs at its ends, eertain of the lugs being forced outward and eert-ainrearward, the outwardly projecting lugs being insertible through the perforatons n the front and beek of the easing and f said lugs embracing the front and rear Wall,

Jche middle of `each support being depressed, and a pan .slidzibly mounted in the depressed portions of the supports. l0 in testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

THEODORE JOHNSON. 

